California Guidebooks

This is a selective guidebook describing over 300 big wall routes in Yosemite Valley, including El Capitan, Half Dome, Liberty Cap, Leaning Tower, Mt Watkins, The Cathedrals, Ribbons Falls and Washington Column amongst others. This guidebook contains many routes that have seen few repeats, with the aim to draw climbers away from the more popular trade routes and onto other equally good quality routes. Published in 2014, all the routes are described via detailed topos, along with a colour photo topo, and information about the type of gear required. More Information

This is a selective guidebook covering over 250 of the best rock climbing routes in the South Lake Tahoe area. The routes are concentrated around the 5.7 to 5.11 range (F4 to F7a, or VS 4c to E4 6b) and covers both sport and traditional routes, of which many are multi-pitch. All the routes in this area are on fantastic granite rock. 8 main climbing areas are covered including the famous Lover's Leap and Phantom Spires. Published in 2004, all the routes are shown on topos, along with a description and descent information. More Information

The Yosemite Big Walls guidebook is from the “big wall master” Chris McNamara, and is an amazing guidebook. This is the 2011 third edition (contains an extra 14 routes, from the previous edition), which covers 64 of the best big wall routes in Yosemite, including those on El Capitan, Half Dome and Washington Column. All the routes are shown in great detail with both colour photo-topos and hand drawn topos, gear information, climbing strategy and very useful retreat information. This guidebook was published in 2011 by Supertopo in English text throughout. More Information

This is a selected guidebook describing over 230 excellent rock climbing routes in the Yosemite Valley in California. The range of climbing is varied from 16-pitch trad climbs on El Cap to single pitch sport routes with the emphasis on routes in the mid-grade range of 5.4 to 5.9 (French 3- to 5) though some harder classics are also included.
The routes are shown on topos with American grades used throughout. The guidebook was published by SuperTopo in 2003 and is written in English text only. More Information

This is a selective guidebook describing over 750 of the very best free rock climbing routes in Yosemite Valley. The guidebook is split into 8 areas and describes 777 routes from 5.4 to 5.14 (F3 to F8c), with everything from single pitch routes to 1,000+ foot routes on El Cap. All the routes are shown on both colour photo topos and hand drawn classic topos, along with detailed descent information. Published in July 2016, the guidebook includes a free unique code with every guidebook to download the vertical-life climbing app. More Information

This is a comprehensive guidebook detailing all the bouldering in Yosemite Valley, which is one of the best granite bouldering areas in the World. The guidebook details over 30 separate areas including Camp 4, Curry Village, and many classic problems in beautiful serene settings, you will find the problems to suit your mood and motivation. Over 700 problems are described that are all shown on colour photo topos, along with numerous boulder maps. Published by Supertopo in June 2007, this guidebook has many inspiring photographs.
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The Tuolumne Bouldering Guidebook describes the 20 best bouldering venues with more than 275 boulder problems in this fantastic alpine playground. At over 8000 feet, Tuolumne is the largest sub alpine meadow in the Sierras, with superb High Sierra Granite. Some of the areas covered are: Tamarack Boulders, Tenaya Lake, The Knobs, and The Rock Slide. Published in September 2009, this guidebook includes detailed boulder maps of all the areas, colour photo-topos of all the boulder problems plus lots of colour action shots. More Information

Yosemite Sport Climbs and Top Ropes is a fantastic guidebook, with 200 of the best top ropes and bolted sport climbs in Yosemite Valley. This guidebook covers every ability level from 5.1 for the first timers to many 5.11 and 5.12 routes for more experienced Valley climbers. There are 25 areas covered in this guidebook, with colour photos, colour topos, fantastically detailed approach information along with GPS coordinates. Published by Supertopo August 2010, this guidebook is in English text throughout.
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Tuolumne Free Climbs guidebook describes over 275 of the best routes in Tuolumne Meadows, from 14-pitch traditional climbs to one-pitch sport routes, in the 5.6-5.10a grade range. Authors Greg Barnes, Chris McNamara, Steve Roper and Todd Snyder, have personally climbed and documented each climb with meticulous care to create the most detailed and accurate topos ever published. Published by Supertopo in January 2009, this is the 2nd edition of this guidebook with an extra 130 routes. More Information

This is the most comprehensive guidebook to date detailing the excellent granite bouldering to be found around Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is one of California's largest bouldering destinations with some of the highest quality, weathered and superb quality Sierra granite is to be found here. This guidebook details 40 different areas and over 1,400 problems across all grades from VB to V-ridiculous. Publish in January 2010, all the problems are shown on colour photo-topos. More Information

The Joshua Tree Rock Climbs is a selective guidebook that details 3,000 of the best routes and boulder problems in Joshua Tree National Park, including some of the best bouldering circuits. All the routes are shown on colour photo-topos with detailed descriptions that include what (if any) fixed protection is available, such as pegs or bolts. GPS coordinates are provided for most of the crags and parking locations, a very useful feature for such a large and at times complicated park. Published by Wolverine Publishing in March 2014, this guidebook is in English text throughout. More Information

This is a comprehensive guidebook covering the bouldering found in Joshua Tree National Park - one of our planets great playgrounds of fabulous granite rock. Joshua Tree is a massive, beautiful and diverse National Park with 30 square miles of granite rock piles in hundreds of different formations. Published in December 2016, it details over 2,000 problems that are shown on colour photo-topos along with a description, and in addition there are plenty of boulder maps. More Information

The Bay Area Bouldering Guidebook includes over 700 boulder problems within a 1.5 hour drive of San Francisco. All the classic spots are in this book, including South Bay: Castle Rock, Aquarian Valley & Granite Creek. East Bay / San Francisco: Indian Rock, Little Yosemite, and Grizzly Peak. North Beach: Mickey's Beach, Ring Mountain and Sugarloaf Ridge as well as a number of lesser known spots. Published in June 2007 all the problems are shown on a combination of boulder map and colour photo-topos. More Information

This is a selective guidebook covering the extensive bouldering to be found in Bishop in California. Bishop is a bouldering paradise, and this guidebook covers more than 600 problems on two principle rock types. There is the pocketed Bishop tuff of volcanic rock at Tableland (Happy and Sad areas) and Sherwin Plateau, and the generally crimpier quartz monzonite rock found at Buttermilk Country. Published in February 2016, all the problems are shown on colour photo topos.
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The Northern California Bouldering Guidebook covers more than 1,700 boulder problems from the best 50 areas in Northern California. The guidebook covers the San Francisco Bay Area and wine area, Lake Tahoe, Sonora and Bear Valley, Bald Rock and Mount Lassen, and the North Coast. All the classic problems are covered as well as the latest hard test pieces. All the problems are shown on colour photo-topos and boulder maps with GPS co-ordinates given for the parking areas. The guidebook is published by Supertopo in June 2009.
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This is a definitive guidebook describing the rock climbing at Shuteye Ridge in California's western Sierra Mountains. The style of rock climbing is on heavily featured granite faces, favouring routes that use a mixture of bolts and traditional gear. In total over 800 routes are described across a wide range of grades. There is everything from easy low angled multi-pitch routes, to widely overhanging jug hauls. Published in September 2013, all the routes are shown on colour photo-topos. More Information

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